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Mozilla: TikTok Does Not Accept Political Ads, But …

A new report highlights how influencers are skirting the ban

Would you consider this to be a political ad?Mozilla
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By David Cohen

June 3, 2021

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TikTok banned political ads from its platform in October 2019, saying at the time that they did not fit with the experience provided by its platform, but there are ways around that ban, and they are being exploited, according to a new report from Mozilla.

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